Downtown Brown
Yaletown Brewing Co. in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Brown Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.83
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This real North Country brown ale is all about malt flavours using hops only as a balance to the smooth roast nut character.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught@brewpub, Vancouver
Dark ruby-nut brown color, good creamy beige head. Aroma has butterscotch, nutty and caramelly notes. Medium-bodied. Smooth palate (nitro?). Nutty, caramelly flavor. Nutty finish with low bitterness. Well-brewed, pleasant although basic brown ale.
Dark ruby-nut brown color, good creamy beige head. Aroma has butterscotch, nutty and caramelly notes. Medium-bodied. Smooth palate (nitro?). Nutty, caramelly flavor. Nutty finish with low bitterness. Well-brewed, pleasant although basic brown ale.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2011
at 03:30
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
More like a clear copper with a full, creamy tan head. Nice malt on the nose. This is a nice brown (notwithstanding the color), with the sweetness of the malts being a little too cloying. Serviceable with a beef stew.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2010
at 00:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at the brewpub, nitrokeg
Red-amber color with the classic nitro creamy head. Very light aroma, the flavor is better, with a balanced caramel, sweetness and bitterness, over a smooth mouthfeel of course. Not bad.
Red-amber color with the classic nitro creamy head. Very light aroma, the flavor is better, with a balanced caramel, sweetness and bitterness, over a smooth mouthfeel of course. Not bad.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2008
at 17:51
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
5-ounce glass, draught, savoured on February 5 2007; eye: reddish brown with clear caramel reflections, no effervescence, nice creamy beige head; nose: "defective" malt: it smells like malt dust, hops, grapefruit; mouth: hops is not as edgy as it should because of that "defective" malt, grapefruit, flat (keg at the end of his shelf life?), light caramel, finale in dusty malt with a hint of hops, medium body, slightly sweet, lightly bitter; overall: acridness all over the place that makes it difficult to appreciate FRANÇAIS Verre de 5 onces, en fût, savourée le 5 février 2007; oeil : brun rougeâtre avec des reflets caramel clair, pas d’effervescence, belle mousse beige crémeuse; nez : malt défectueux : on dirait de la poussière de malt, houblon, pamplemousse; bouche : houblon moins tranchant à cause de ce malt que je trouve « défectueux », pamplemousse, plate (fût à la fin de ces jours?), léger caramel, finale en malt poussiéreux avec une bonne présence de houblon, corps moyen, très légèrement sucrée, légèrement amère; en résumé : âcreté un peu partout qui la rend difficile à apprécier
Tried
on 18 Apr 2007
at 16:09
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap at Yaletown, Vancouver. Chestnut with lasting tan head. Malty creamy coffee aroma. Creamy coffee, toffee in mouth. It’s the beer equivalent of a latte made with camp coffee. Maybe a bit of diacetyl. Tough to call. Not entirely awful though.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Oct 2006
at 04:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Old backlog rating, Victoria/Vancouver may 2006: Chestnut brown, creamy brown head. Nutty aroma. Nut, chocolate flavor. Good balance. A bit light on the palate.
Tried
on 26 May 2006
at 08:48
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Brown, with small head. Light malty nutty nose.Light malt profile. Not a lot here
Tried
on 07 Dec 2005
at 16:27
4.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Reddish dark chestnut colour. Slightly nutty aroma with a hint of chocolate and diacetyl. Soft and sweet with hints of molasses. Icing sugar thick body. Mega diacetyl...it’s all I can taste. Not an improvement over Frank’s.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jun 2005
at 22:25